| They really aren't that arbitrary, except for 110, but even that is reasonable given our decimal system: * Arbitrary but socially meaningful geographic boundary. Basically, a notable US city. * 1 year intervals are actually canonical given that years are based on Earth's rotation * Gregorian calendar / starting at Jan 1 is again socially meaningful, but in particular doesn't split summers in the northern hemisphere * 110 and imperial are sensible given usage of Fahrenheit and decimal systems in the US. Your comment makes it sound like the article is making a claim equally as meaningful as "at latlng 53.193,38.8493, Earth's temperature has been above 482.3 kelvin for 4 of the past 3952 days" which is really not. Yeah, there's definitely some "p hacking" to make spin this into a newsworthy headline, but not nearly to the degree your comment makes it seem. And not to mention the issue of "110f in Phoenix" has been newsworthy previously (eg 3 straight weeks of 110+), it makes even more sense. |
For you ... and maybe a minor percentage of the US, which, btw, makes up only 4% of the total world population.
>again socially meaningful
As I commented elsewhere, nature doesn't care when you start counting days.
>110 and imperial are sensible given usage of Fahrenheit and decimal systems in the US.
And so? Countries that use Celsius are warmer? Colder?
>the issue of "110f in Phoenix" has been newsworthy previously
Do you live in Phoenix? This is the first I've ever come across such piece of news. Ever.